Overview#

Alice and Bob were used in Ron Rivest's paper on RSA in 1997 in an illustration of Cryptography.

RSA Algorithm Published in Scientific American in 1978

Cast of Actors we may Use:[1]#

This list is drawn mostly from the book Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier.

• Eve
• Mallory
• Craig
• Faythe
• Oscar
• Peggy
• Victor
• Sybil
• Trent
• Walter
• Wendy

Alice And Bob#

A History of The World’s Most Famous Cryptographic Couple is an article that details the major events in the "lives" of Alice And Bob, from their birth in 1978 onwards.[2]

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Alice
• Authentication
• Bob
• Diffie-Hellman key-exchange
• Encryption
• Key Verification
• One-Time Pad

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• [#1] - Alice and Bob - based on information obtained 2015-10-17
• [#2] - Alice and Bob - based on information obtained 2015-10-17